[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 150 (Thursday, August 3, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47747-47752]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-19309]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Refugee Resettlement Program: Final Notice of Allocations to 
States of FY 2000 Funds for Refugee Social Services

AGENCY: Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR), ACF, DHHS.

ACTION: Final notice of allocations to States of FY 2000 funds for 
refugee social services.

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SUMMARY: This notice establishes the allocations to States of FY 2000 
funds for social services under the Refugee Resettlement Program (RRP).
    This notice includes a $15.5 million set-aside to: (1) Provide 
outreach and referral services to ensure that eligible refugees access 
the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP)and other programs 
for low income working populations; and (2) provide specialized 
interpreter training and the hiring of interpreters to enable refugees 
to have equal access to medical and legal services.

DATES: Effective August 3, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Barbara R. Chesnik, (202) 401-4558; 
email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A notice of proposed allocations to States 
of FY 2000 funds for refugee social services was published in the 
Federal Register on May 1, 2000 (65 FR 25345).

I. Amounts for Allocation

    The Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) has available $143,953,000 
in FY 2000 refugee social service funds as part of the FY 2000 
appropriation for the Department of Health and Human Services (Pub. L. 
No. 106-113).
    The FY 2000 House Appropriations Committee Report (H.R. Rept. No. 
106-370) reads as follows with respect to social services funds:

    The bill provides $140,000,000 for social services, about the 
same as the fiscal year 1999 appropriation and $7,990,000 below the 
budget request. Funds are distributed by formula as well as through 
the discretionary grant making process for special projects. The 
Committee agrees that $19,000,000 is available for assistance to 
serve communities affected by the Cuban and Haitian entrants and 
refugees whose arrivals in recent years have increased. The 
Committee has set aside $26,000,000 for increased support to 
communities with large concentrations of refugees whose cultural 
differences make assimilation especially difficult justifying a more 
intense level and longer duration of Federal assistance. Finally, 
the Committee has set aside $14,000,000 to address the needs of 
refugees and communities impacted by recent changes in Federal 
assistance programs relating to welfare reform. The Committee urges 
ORR to assist refugees at risk of losing, or who have lost benefits, 
including SSI, TANF and Medicaid, in obtaining citizenship.

    In addition, the House report provides:

    It is estimated that approximately $20,000,000 will be available 
in FY 2000 from carryover funds, and the Committee intends that 
these funds be used under social services to increase educational 
support to schools with a significant proportion of refugee children 
and for the development of alternative cash assistance programs that 
involve case management approaches to improve resettlement outcomes. 
Such support should include intensive English language training and 
cultural assimilation programs.

    The FY 2000 Senate Appropriations Committee Report (S. Rept. No. 
106-166) recommended $147,990,00 for social services in the FY 2000 
budget:


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    The Committee provides $19,000,000 to serve communities affected 
by the Cuban and Haitian entrants and refugees, the same as the 
amount contained in last year's appropriation. The Committee also 
includes $14,000,000 to address the needs of refugees and 
communities affected by recent changes in Federal assistance 
programs, and $16,000,000 to assist communities with large 
concentrations of refugees whose cultural differences make 
assimilation difficult. These funds are included in the social 
services line item.

    The FY 2000 Conference Report on Appropriations (H.R. Conf. 106-
479) reads as follows concerning social services:

    The conference agreement includes $20,000,000 from carryover 
funds that are to be used under social services to increase 
educational support to schools with a significant proportion of 
refugee children and for the development of alternative cash 
assistance programs that involve case management approaches to 
improve resettlement outcomes. Such support should include intensive 
English language training and cultural assimilation programs.
    The agreement also includes $26,000,000 for increased support to 
communities with large concentrations of refugees whose cultural 
differences make assimilation especially difficult justifying a more 
intense level and longer duration of Federal assistance.

    The Conference report provided $143,995,000 in FY 2000 new budget 
authority for social services.
    The Departments of Labor, Health, and Human Services, and 
Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, P.L. 106-113, 
Appendix E, Section 301, rescinded discretionary budget authority 
government-wide by .38 percent. Agencies, however, were provided 
flexibility regarding how the recission would be applied. Accordingly, 
ORR's total social services appropriation was reduced from $143,995,000 
to $143,953,000. Additionally, a reduction of $23,159 was made by the 
Secretary of HHS under section 206 of this Act, which allows the 
Secretary, within stipulated limitations, to transfer funds between 
appropriation accounts, subject to the advance notification of the 
appropriation committees. The Director is therefore reducing the final 
amount available for social services discretionary grants by $23,159.
    In accordance with Congressional report language, the Director of 
the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) will use FY 2000 social 
services as follows:
     $72,203,750 will be allocated under the 3-year population 
formula, as set forth in this notice for the purpose of providing 
employment services and other needed services to refugees. These funds 
include social services formula allocations to discretionary grantees 
($2,136,616) under the Wilson Fish authority where the State has 
dropped out of the program.
     $12,726,091 will be awarded as social service 
discretionary grants through competitive grant announcements that will 
be issued separately from this notice.
     $19,000,000 will be awarded to serve communities most 
heavily affected by recent Cuban and Haitian entrant and refugee 
arrivals. These funds would be awarded through a discretionary grant 
announcement that will be issued separately from this notice.
     $26,000,000 will be awarded through discretionary grants 
for communities with large concentrations of refugees whose cultural 
differences make assimilation especially difficult justifying a more 
intense level and longer duration of Federal assistance. Awards will be 
made through announcements issued separately from this notice.
     $14,000,000 will be awarded to address the needs of 
refugees and communities impacted by recent changes in Federal 
assistance programs relating to welfare reform. Awards will be made 
through announcements issued separately from this notice.
    Congress provided ORR with broad carry-over authority in the FY 
2000 HHS appropriations law to use unexpended FY 1998 and FY 1999 CMA 
funds for assistance and other activities in the refugee program 
provided through September 30, 2001. The appropriations law states:

    That funds appropriated pursuant to section 414(a) of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act under Public Law 105-78 for fiscal 
year 1998 and under Public Law 105-227 for fiscal year 1999 shall be 
available for the costs of assistance provided and other activities 
through September 30, 2001.

    Among the uses of these funds:
     $20,000,000 will be awarded to increase educational 
support to schools with a significant proportion of refugee children 
and for the development of alternative cash assistance programs that 
involve case management approaches to improve resettlement outcomes. 
This support will include intensive English language training and 
cultural assimilation programs. Awards will be made through an 
announcement issued separately from this notice.
     $15,500,000 will be added to the FY 2000 formula social 
services allocation as a set-aside for referral and interpreter 
services, increasing the total amount available for the formula social 
services program in FY 2000 to $87,703,750.

Refugee Social Service Funds

    The population figures for the social services allocation include 
refugees, Cuban/Haitian entrants, Amerasians from Vietnam, and Kurdish 
asylees since these populations may be served through funds addressed 
in this notice and this is data that is available in the ORR Refugee 
Data System. (A State must, however, have an approved State plan for 
the Cuban/Haitian Entrant Program or indicate in its refugee program 
State plan that Cuban/Haitian entrants will be served in order to use 
funds on behalf of entrants as well as refugees.)
    The Director is allocating $72,203,750 to States on the basis of 
each State's proportion of the national population of refugees who had 
been in the U.S. 3 years or less as of October 1, 1999 (including a 
floor amount for States which have small refugee populations).
    The use of the 3-year population base in the allocation formula is 
required by section 412(c)(1)(B) of the Immigration and Nationality Act 
(INA) which states that the ``funds available for a fiscal year for 
grants and contracts [for social services] * * * shall be allocated 
among the States based on the total number of refugees (including 
children and adults) who arrived in the United States not more than 36 
months before the beginning of such fiscal year and who are actually 
residing in each State (taking into account secondary migration) as of 
the beginning of the fiscal year.''
    As established in the FY 1991 social services notice published in 
the Federal Register of August 29, 1991, section I, ``Allocation 
Amounts'' (56 FR 42745), a variable floor amount for States which have 
small refugee populations is calculated as follows: If the application 
of the regular allocation formula yields less than $100,000, then--
    (1) A base amount of $75,000 is provided for a State with a 
population of 50 or fewer refugees who have been in the U.S. 3 years or 
less; and
    (2) For a State with more than 50 refugees who have been in the 
U.S. 3 years or less: (a) a floor has been calculated consisting of 
$50,000 plus the regular per capita allocation for refugees above 50 up 
to a total of $100,000 (in other words, the maximum under the floor 
formula is $100,000); (b) if this calculation has yielded less than 
$75,000, a base amount of $75,000 is provided for the State.
    The Director is also allocating an additional $15.5 million from 
prior year carry-over funds as a set-aside to: (1) Provide referral 
services, including outreach, to ensure that refugees are

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able to access the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) 
and other programs for low income populations; and (2) provide for the 
hiring of interpreters and special interpreter training to enable 
refugees to have equal access to medical and certain legal services. 
Depending upon the existing capacity and need in the community, we 
encourage States to use the funds equally for both activities. Both 
types of services are not subject to the 5-year limitation and may be 
provided to refugees regardless of their length of time in the U.S. See 
45 CFR 400.152(b).
    Eligible refugee families often are not aware of, or do not know 
how, to access other Federal support programs available to low income 
working families in the community. We believe that these programs, 
including SCHIP, Food Stamps, Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program 
(LIHEAP), Medicaid, Head Start, low-income housing, the Special 
Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC), 
child care assistance, adult day care for aged dependents, and other 
support programs for low-income families, are important for the well-
being of working refugees, particularly refugee families, and are 
necessary to help these refugees maintain employment and move toward 
full self-sufficiency.
    The organizations funded by the set-aside amount are expected to 
conduct outreach into the community to identify low-income refugees and 
to help these refugees enroll in and to be familiar with the services 
available and the participation requirements of these programs. We 
expect States to fund community-based organizations, to the maximum 
extent possible, to provide hands-on assistance, which means having the 
application forms available and helping refugees to fill out the 
application, accompanying the refugee to the eligibility office, 
assisting in the communication between the family and the eligibility 
worker, closely following the application process until the family has 
been found eligible, and then helping the family effectively use the 
service or support program in which they have been enrolled. For 
example, there may be different levels of medical coverage available to 
a family, depending on the ages of the children and the income level of 
the family, each with different requirements. It is important for the 
caseworkers/advocates funded through this initiative to understand the 
program requirements (such as a co-payment structure) in order to help 
the family make decisions and fully participate.
    The organizations funded under this set-aside should develop 
effective ways to provide an on-going link between these services, the 
population they serve, and the targeted low income programs. Methods 
might include: partnering with schools to identify refugee children who 
may be eligible for SCHIP by virtue of their eligibility for the school 
lunch program; connecting with local Head Start programs to help 
identify refugee children who are eligible for SCHIP and other health 
care programs; arranging to have Medicaid eligibility workers visit the 
Mutual Assistance Association (MAA) or other participating organization 
on a scheduled basis; and working with other groups serving low income 
families, such as hospitals, WIC programs, low-income housing programs, 
and food assistance programs to make these services widely known to the 
refugee community being served.
    It is also important that States provide as high a standard as 
possible in interpretation to non-English speaking and to Limited-
English-Proficient (LEP) refugees, particularly in regard to medical 
and legal issues. As mentioned earlier, we are therefore including 
funding in the set-aside for States to improve the availability and 
quality of interpreter services for refugees in their communities. The 
set-aside funds are to be used by States: (1) To fund specialized 
interpreter training for medical and legal services; and (2) to pay for 
the hiring and employment of these trained interpreters by MAAs, 
voluntary agencies, and other community-based organizations serving 
refugees, to the maximum extent possible, in order to increase the 
number of skilled interpreters in the community.
    Interpretation requires a great deal of skill--interpreters need to 
be fluent in English and the language spoken by the refugee. They must 
have the ability to quickly understand the message and terminology, if 
technical, in one language and to express it as quickly and correctly 
in another language. In addition to fluency in two languages, 
interpreters must have the skills to handle confidential client 
information and to deal with a variety of professionals in the medical, 
legal, law enforcement, social services, and other fields.
    States should use qualified training programs or trainers to 
provide the interpreter training. Several strategies may be employed, 
e.g., the direct training of interpreters in a group setting, paying 
the course tuition and associated expenses for individuals at a 
community college or university, and the training of trainers in order 
to establish and maintain an efficient training capacity in the 
community. To the extent possible, we would expect States to use an 
established curriculum rather than incurring costs to develop a new 
one. Funding of interpreter services should be directed to areas of 
greatest need and to the most linguistically isolated communities.
    States must determine a community's capacity to ensure refugee 
access to medical and other services, and then examine how best to fund 
and maintain interpreter services for refugees based upon the need and 
size of refugee population. For example, an interpreter bank with 
dedicated interpreters may be a preferred option if the needs of the 
community can justify full-time interpreters. However, because the 
provision of interpreter services may not fully occupy funded staff in 
some locations or in certain languages, States may choose to train 
bilingual caseworkers at voluntary resettlement agencies, MAAs and 
refugee service providers. States may also consider cross-training of 
interpreters so that they may also assist, for example, in enrolling 
clients in SCHIP, Medicaid, or other services for low-income clients, 
and/or serve as case managers or in other staff positions. Staff with 
both bilingual interpreter skills and knowledge of the family services 
network, such as child protective services and the domestic violence 
system, are also highly desirable.
    We also encourage States to set up creative ways to maintain and 
expand the availability of interpreter services in the community, such 
as seeking reimbursement for services from the courts, hospitals, and 
agencies which may be able to pay for interpreter services but have 
been otherwise hindered in providing these services by the lack of 
available and appropriately trained individuals. However, fees from 
low-income refugee clients may not be sought.
    In light of the unique position that refugee MAAs have in the 
communities where refugees reside, we are asking that States give 
special consideration to MAAs in using the set-aside amount, where 
possible, to provide these services to refugee families. However, 
qualified community based organizations with refugee experience, 
voluntary resettlement agencies, or refugee service providers may be 
funded as well.
    A State that can demonstrate that the total amount of set-aside 
funds awarded is not needed to provide the services described above may 
submit a written request to the Director to use a portion

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of the funds for another non-employment service. This request must 
fully describe how the need for the specified set-aside services is 
already being met in the State, as well as a description of the 
additional service proposed, why it is needed, and how it will be 
provided.

Population To Be Served and Allowable Services

    Eligibility for refugee social services includes persons who meet 
all requirements of 45 CFR 400.43 (as amended by 65 FR 15409 (March 22, 
2000)) and 45 CFR 401.2 (Cuban and Haitian entrants).
    Services to refugees must be provided in accordance with the rules 
of 45 CFR Part 400 Subpart I--Refugee Social Services. Although the 
allocation formula is based on the 3-year refugee population, States 
are not required to limit social service programs to refugees who have 
been in the U.S. only 3 years. However, under 45 CFR 400.152, States 
may not provide services funded by this notice, except for referral and 
interpreter services and citizenship and naturalization preparation 
services, to refugees who have been in the United States for more than 
60 months (5 years).
    Allowable social services are those indicated in 45 CFR 400.154 and 
400.155. Additional services not included in these sections which the 
State may wish to provide must be submitted to and approved by the 
Director of ORR (Sec. 400.155(h)).

Service Priorities

    In the past, a number of States have focused primarily on serving 
refugee cash assistance (RCA) recipients because of the need to help 
these refugees become employed and self-sufficient within the 8-month 
RCA eligibility period. Now, with the passage of welfare reform, 
refugee recipients of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) 
also face a time limit for cash assistance and need appropriate 
services as quickly as possible to become employed and self-sufficient. 
In order for refugees to move quickly off TANF, we believe it is 
crucial for these refugees to receive refugee-specific services that 
are designed to address the employment barriers that refugees typically 
face.
    Some States are doing remarkably well in helping refugees achieve 
early self-sufficiency through entry-level jobs. These States should 
re-examine the range of services they currently offer to refugees. 
Particularly, we encourage these States to offer job upgrade services 
to refugees to help them realize a more secure economic foundation. 
Additionally, we encourage these States to look at expanding the range 
of services to address the broader needs that refugees have in order to 
successfully integrate into the community.
    States should also expect that these funds will be made available 
to pay for social services which are provided to refugees who 
participate in Wilson/Fish projects. Section 412(e)(7)(A) of the INA 
provides that:

    The Secretary [of HHS] shall develop and implement alternative 
projects for refugees who have been in the United States less than 
thirty-six months, under which refugees are provided interim 
support, medical services, support [social] services, and case 
management, as needed, in a manner that encourages self-sufficiency, 
reduces welfare dependency, and fosters greater coordination among 
the resettlement agencies and service providers.

    This provision is generally known as the Wilson/Fish Amendment. The 
Department has already issued a separate notice in the Federal Register 
with respect to applications for such projects (64 FR 19793, issued 
April 22, 1999).

II. Discussion of Comments Received

    We received one letter of comment in response to the notice of 
proposed FY 2000 allocations to States for refugee social services. 
This comment is summarized below and followed by the Department's 
response.
    Comment: The commenter expressed concern that too large a 
proportion of the social services appropriation is being awarded under 
discretionary grants. The commenter more specifically indicated that 
discretionary funds awarded for communities most heavily affected by 
recent Cuban and Haitian entrant and refugee arrivals appeared to 
result in a duplication of funding for this population. The commenter 
noted that while Congress expressed interest in the allocation of funds 
for discretionary programs, the commenter felt that diversion of an 
increasing proportion of social services funding to discretionary 
programs is leading to a refugee program in his State that is 
disjointed, lacking in direction and coordination. The commenter also 
expressed concern about the ongoing use of the three-year population 
formula for determining formula allocations, as it has decreased the 
level of funding for the refugee population who need services in his 
State. The commenter recommends that ORR support and communicate the 
State's position on these concerns to the House and Senate 
Appropriations Committees. He further recommends that ORR consider 
pursuing a modification of the formula used to allocate social 
services, stating that a formula based on the total State refugee 
population requiring employment services would allow a more equitable 
distribution of funds and would be more consistent with the actual 
needs of the State and the refugees who require services in order to 
achieve economic self-sufficiency.
    Response: ORR has not changed the percentage of social services 
funds available to the Director to fund projects to carry out national 
initiatives and special projects that respond to the changing needs and 
circumstances in the refugee program. Other funds have been provided by 
Congress for specific purposes, such as the $19,000,000 to serve 
communities affected by the Cuban and Haitian entrants and refugees. We 
have no reason to believe that if these funds were not provided for 
this special need that the total social services funds appropriated 
would remain at the higher amount.
    Regarding the recommendation that the three-year formula be 
changed, States with large concentrations of refugees also receive 
targeted assistance funding which is expressly intended for services to 
long-term refugee welfare recipients, such as the post-36 month 
population, who are still in need of employment services. Therefore, we 
do not see a particular need to request legislative action to amend the 
statutory formula for social services.

III. Allocation Formulas

    Of the funds available for FY 2000 for social services, $72,203,750 
is allocated to States in accordance with the formula specified below. 
In addition, $15.5 million in set-aside funds are allocated in 
accordance with the formula specified below. A State's allowable 
allocation is calculated as follows:
    1. The total amount of funds determined by the Director to be 
available for this purpose; divided by--
    2. The total number of refugees, Cuban/Haitian entrants, Amerasians 
from Vietnam, and Kurdish asylees who arrived in the United States not 
more than 3 years prior to the beginning of the fiscal year for which 
the funds are appropriated, as shown by the ORR Refugee Data System. 
The resulting per capita amount is multiplied by--
    3. The number of persons in item 2, above, in the State as of 
October 1, 1999, adjusted for estimated secondary migration.
    The calculation above yields the formula allocation for each State. 
Minimum allocations for small States are taken into account.

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IV. Basis of Population Estimates

    The population estimates for the allocation of funds in FY 2000 are 
based on data on refugee arrivals from the ORR Refugee Data System, 
adjusted as of October 1, 1999, for estimated secondary migration. The 
data base includes refugees of all nationalities, Amerasians from 
Vietnam, Cuban and Haitian entrants, and Kurdish asylees.
    For fiscal year 2000, ORR's formula allocations for the States for 
social services are based on the numbers of refugees, Amerasians, 
Kurdish asylees, and entrants who arrived during the preceding three 
fiscal years: 1997, 1998, and 1999, based on arrival data by State. 
Therefore, estimates have been developed of the numbers of refugees and 
entrants with arrival or resettlement dates between October 1, 1996, 
and September 30, 1999, who are thought to be living in each State as 
of October 1, 1999.
    The estimates of secondary migration were based on data submitted 
by all participating States on Form ORR-11 on secondary migrants who 
have resided in the U.S. for 36 months or less, as of September 30, 
1999. The total migration reported by each State was summed, yielding 
in- and out-migration figures and a net migration figure for each 
State. The net migration figure was applied to the State's total 
arrival figure, resulting in a revised population estimate.
    Estimates were developed separately for refugees and entrants and 
then combined into a total estimated 3-year refugee/entrant population 
for each State. Eligible Amerasians and Kurdish asylees are included in 
the refugee figures.
    Havana parolees (HP's) are enumerated in a separate column in Table 
1, below because they are tabulated separately from other entrants. For 
FY 1999, Havana parolee arrivals for all States are based on actual 
data. For FY 1998, Florida's HP's (10,183) are based on actual data, 
while HP's in other States (3,258) are prorated according to the States 
proportion of the three-year ((FY 1996-FY 1998) entrant populations. 
For FY 1997, Florida's HP's (3,957) are based on actual data, while 
HP's in other States (2,035) were prorated according to their 
proportions of the three-year entrant population.
    Table 1, below, shows the estimated 3-year populations, as of 
October 1, 1999, of refugees (col. 1), entrants (col. 2), Havana 
parolees (col. 3); total refugee/entrant population, (col. 4); the 
formula amounts which the population estimates yield (col. 5); the 
allocation amounts after allowing for the minimum amounts (col. 6); the 
set-aside amount (col.7); and the total allocation (col. 8).

V. Allocation Amounts

    Funding subsequent to the publication of this notice will be 
contingent upon the submittal and approval of a State annual services 
plan that is developed on the basis of a local consultative process, as 
required by 45 CFR 400.11(b)(2) in the ORR regulations. Annual services 
plans are due at ORR by November 15th of each year.
    The following amounts are for allocation for refugee social 
services in FY 2000:

  Table 1.--Estimated Three-Year Refugee/Entrant Populations of States Participating in the Refugee Program and Final Social Service Formula Amount and
                                                                 Allocation for FY 2000
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                       State                          Refugees    Entrants      Havana       Total      formula       Final      Final set-  Total final
                                                        \1\                    parolees   population     amount     allocation     aside      allocation
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                                                            (1)         (2)          (3)         (4)          (5)          (6)
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Alabama...........................................          569           4           69         642     $161,339     $161,339      $34,810     $196,149
Alaska \3\........................................            0           0            0           0            0            0            0            0
Arizona...........................................        7,124         367          292       7,783    1,956,798    1,956,798      422,197    2,378,995
Arkansas..........................................           64           0           10          74       18,698       75,000        4,034       79,034
California........................................       30,744          41          476      31,261    7,859,733    7,859,733    1,695,807    9,555,540
Colorado..........................................        3,402           3            6       3,411      857,595      857,595      185,034    1,042,629
Connecticut.......................................        3,084          19          150       3,253      817,835      817,835      176,455      994,290
Delaware..........................................           74           7            2          83       20,861       75,000        4,501       79,501
Dist. of Columbia.................................        1,665           1           10       1,676      421,370      421,370       90,914      512,284
Florida...........................................       12,715       7,666       27,667      48,048   12,080,347   12,080,247    2,606,443   14,686,790
Georgia...........................................       10,573          18          129      10,720    2,695,144    2,695,144      581,501    3,276,645
Hawaii............................................          100           0            0         100       25,264       75,000        5,451       80,451
Idaho \4\.........................................        2,041           0            0       2,041      513,153      513,153      110,717      623,870
Illinois..........................................       11,997           7          239      12,243    3,078,206    3,078,206      664,150    3,742,356
Indiana...........................................        1,750           0           11       1,761      442,863      442,863       95,552      538,415
Iowa..............................................        6,075           0            4       6,079    1,528,390    1,528,390      329,764    1,858,154
Kansas............................................          868           0            8         876      220,339      220,339       47,540      267,879
Kentucky \5\......................................        3,670         918          503       5,091    1,280,095    1,280,095      276,192    1,556,287
Louisiana.........................................        1,492          57           93       1,642      412,926      412,926       89,092      502,018
Maine.............................................          635           0            0         635      159,653      159,653       34,447      194,100
Maryland..........................................        2,754           6           61       2,821      709,347      709,347      153,048      862,395
Massachusetts.....................................        6,711          67           99       6,877    1,729,101    1,729,101      373,069    2,102,170
Michigan..........................................        8,425         432          263       9,120    2,293,095    2,293,095      494,756    2,787,851
Minnesota.........................................        8,362           0           10       8,372    2,105,009    2,105,009      454,175    2,559,184
Mississippi.......................................          115           2           11         128       32,146       75,000        6,936       81,936
Missouri..........................................        7,552           2           16       7,570    1,903,239    1,903,239      410,641    2,313,880
Montana...........................................           59           0            0          59       14,834       75,000        3,201       78,201
Nebraska..........................................        2,338           4           30       2,372      596,495      596,495      128,699      725,194
Nevada \5\........................................        1,371         520          479       2,370      595,796      595,796      128,548      724,344
New Hampshire.....................................        1,496           0            0       1,496      376,128      376,128       81,153      457,281
New Jersey........................................        4,486         167          801       5,454    1,371,315    1,371,315      295,873    1,667,188
New Mexico........................................          456         256          375       1,087      273,234      273,234       58,953      332,187
New York..........................................       26,876         818          692      28,386    7,136,897    7,136,897    1,539,849    8,676,746
North Carolina....................................        3,855           3           39       3,897      979,814      979,814      211,404    1,191,218
North Dakota......................................        1,505           0            1       1,506      378,642      378,642       81,695      460,337

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Ohio..............................................        4,283           5           36       4,324    1,087,242    1,087,242      234,582    1,321,824
Oklahoma..........................................          501           0            9         510      128,326      128,326       27,687      156,013
Oregon............................................        4,881         285          266       5,432    1,365,734    1,365,734      294,669    1,660,403
Pennsylvania......................................        7,531          62          201       7,794    1,959,577    1,959,577      422,796    2,382,373
Rhode Island......................................          397           1            6         404      101,682      101,682       21,939      123,621
South Carolina....................................          268           1            9         278       69,874      100,000       15,076      115,076
South Dakota \5\..................................        1,037           0            0       1,037      260,725      260,725       56,254      316,979
Tennessee.........................................        3,763           4          140       3,907      982,315      982,315      211,943    1,194,258
Texas.............................................       12,924         637          622      14,183    3,565,864    3,565,864      769,367    4,335,231
Utah..............................................        3,522           0            2       3,524      886,135      886,135      191,191    1,077,326
Vermont...........................................        1,048           0            0       1,048      263,491      263,491       56,850      320,341
Virginia..........................................        4,537         101          111       4,749    1,194,094    1,194,094      257,636    1,451,730
Washington........................................       17,778           4           41      17,823    4,481,065    4,481,065      966,830    5,447,895
West Virginia.....................................           16           0            0          16        4,023       75,000          868       75,868
Wisconsin.........................................        1,755           2            7       1,764      443,602      443,602       95,711      539,313
Wyoming \3\.......................................            0           0            0           0            0            0            0            0
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    Total.........................................      239,244      12,487       34,001     285,732   71,839,450   72,203,750   15,500,000  87,703,750
\1\ Includes: refugees, Kurdish asylees, and Amerasian immigrants from Vietnam adjusted for secondary migration.
\2\ For FY 1999, Havana Parolee arrivals for all States are based on actual data. For FY 1998, Florida's HP's (10,183) are based on actual data, while
  HP's in other States (3,258) are prorated according to the State's proportion of the three-year (FY 1996-FY 1998) entrant population. For FY 1997,
  Florida's HP's (3,957) are based on actual data, while HP's in other States (2,035) were prorated according to their proportions of the three-year
  entrant population.
\3\ Alaska and Wyoming no longer participate in the Refugee Program.
\4\ The allocation for Idaho is expected to be awarded to the State replacement designee, subject to the Director's approval.
\5\ The allocations for South Dakota, Kentucky, and Nevada are expected to be awarded to Wilson/Fish projects, subject to the Director's approval.

VI. Paperwork Reduction Act

    This notice does not create any reporting or recordkeeping 
requirements requiring OMB clearance.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No. 93.566 Refugee 
Assistance--State Administered Programs)

    Dated: July 25, 2000.
Lavinia Limon,
Director, Office of Refugee Resettlement.
[FR Doc. 00-19309 Filed 8-2-00; 8:45 am]
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